Jay and I haven’t had a nice, meaty conversation without a guest in weeks, so we covered a lot of ground in the latest Need to Know. From abortion to Kasich to Sanders to Clinton to Cruz (what’s wrong and right with him, pun intended) to Trump, we roam the aisles of this week’s news, but then get into larger reflections on wealth, living standards, manners, criminality (thus the title), race, sex, and family. And all in one handy podcast that you can take with you anywhere. We offer it to you with our compliments.
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